They Killed Her Daughter - Then Florida's 'Free Kill' Law Let Them Walk

Cindy Jenkins lost her 25-year-old daughter Taylor to what investigators confirmed was reckless medical negligence in an Orlando hospital. When she went looking for accountability, she hit a wall most Floridians have never heard of: Florida's "Free Kill" law. Because Taylor was over 25, unmarried, and had no minor children, Florida law reduced her non-economic damages to zero. Her life was legally valued at nothing. And the cost of even getting a case into court - expert witnesses, pre-suit investigation - would have run well past what any attorney could recover. Cindy refused to go quiet. She spent nearly four years in Tallahassee fighting to repeal it - and what she found there changed her mission entirely. In this episode: What "Free Kill" actually is, in plain English How the law slid into effect in 1990 without a signature or a veto Why the House passed repeal almost unanimously - and the Senate killed it anyway The $500K damage cap amendment that would value losing a limb the same as losing a pinky The veto press conference held at a hospital, with lobbyists at the podium Why Cindy now says the path to ending Free Kill runs through lobbying and campaign finance reform "Accountability has no party affiliation. Government should work for the people - not the interests with the most money and access." Follow Cindy: Healthcare Accountability Initiative — healthcareaccountability.org Social: search Healthcare Accountability Initiative and Cindy Jenkins Call your rep. Call your senator. It matters more than you think. #FreeKill #Florida #CindyJenkins #HealthcareAccountability #MedicalNegligence #Tallahassee #LobbyingReform #CampaignFinanceReform #FloridianFuture #PatientRights